Question regarding WCDMA
I see on the Cingular page of Phone Scoop that it has begun to deploy WCDMA technology. A question the pops into my mind: will WCDMA still use SIM cards, or will the phone need to be programmed, just like a CDMA?
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Yes, UMTS will still use sim cards. Taking that aspect away from phones would be taking away one of the best advantages GSM has over CDMA.
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True. Programming CDMA phones is bloody annoying... UMTS almost seems like a dream technology. The commodity of SIM cards, and hopefully, the astounding quality of CDMA.
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Yes, and I think that is truly what Cingular is trying to achieve with this technology. It'll be exciting and interesting after the entire network is overlayed with UMTS/HSDPA.
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And it'll also be quite a kick in the buttocks of CDMA carriers... hehe! Take that, Verizon!
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At what point are CDMA and GSM supposed to merge? I forgot what the road map looks like, but a couple generations down the road, they become the same thing right? using WCDMA is the first step for GSM to move towards that 🙂
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pandashark said:
At what point are CDMA and GSM supposed to merge? I forgot what the road map looks like, but a couple generations down the road, they become the same thing right? using WCDMA is the first step for GSM to move towards that 🙂
You are at least 20 years away from anything like that happening. That will be more like 5G or 6G.
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Verizon coverage area > Cingular coverage area
Sprint coverage area < Cingular coverage area
Sprint coverage area < Cingular coverage area
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hey, I had almost forgot this topic.
There was something I wanted to be sure about, too. In the T-Mobile forum, I posted a topic about which carrier between Cingular and T-Mobile was the best option for prepaid service. Ruff tells me that to get a new prepaid account, I'd have to buy a new phone, instead of just popping in a SIM and off I go. Ralph, you work for Cingular, correct? Could you confirm/deny this for me, please?
There was something I wanted to be sure about, too. In the T-Mobile forum, I posted a topic about which carrier between Cingular and T-Mobile was the best option for prepaid service. Ruff tells me that to get a new prepaid account, I'd have to buy a new phone, instead of just popping in a SIM and off I go. Ralph, you work for Cingular, correct? Could you confirm/deny this for me, please?
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I tell you I think that is the case, but am not 100% sure. Just clearing that up so that somebody doesn't try to make me out as a liar.
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I never said you are a liar, Ruff, and I would never. I just thought that since Ralph works for Cingular, he could confirm, or not what you said.
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But it *is true* that I didn't specified that you weren't 100% sure... if someone treats you of liar, the blame lies on me, and I apologize for it, buddy.
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I know you weren't calling me a liar. It is just some people's nature on here to twist others words into something that was never said. I was saying that to prevent other people making me out as a liar.
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Yes... too many viper tongues out there. The blame lies with me, though... I didn't specified you weren't 100% sure... and anyone saying that Ruff is a liar deserves getting their ideas sorted out with the assistance of my assistant aluminium Louisville Slugger. 🙂
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